[go] Fwd: [Go-database] Synonym length

[Harold Drabkin]

I would doubt someone would search on such a synonym.  Our synonyms 
should aid in searching for the right term.

hjd


Mike Cherry wrote:
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>> From: Benjamin Hitz <hitz at genome.stanford.edu>
>> Date: October 25, 2007 10:08:00 AM PDT
>> To: GO database list <go-database at fruitfly.org>
>> Subject: [Go-database] Synonym length
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>> Some kind soul submitted a 363 character synonym in the obo file last 
>> night:
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>> GDP-L-fucose:glycoprotein (L-fucose to asparagine-linked 
>> N-acetylglucosamine of 4-N-{N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl-
>> (1right2)-alpha-D-mannosyl-(1right3)-[N-acetyl-beta-D-
>> glucosaminyl-(1right2)-alpha-D-mannosyl-(1right6)]-beta-
>> D-mannosyl-(1right4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl-
>> (1right4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl}asparagine) 
>> 6-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase activity
>>
>> Probably related to EC number conversion
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>> The column only allows 255 characters.  This crashed both last nights 
>> godb loads and SGDs load.
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>> Do we really like this synonym enough to extend the column?  Does 
>> OBO-Edit have a column size check?
>>
>> Ben
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>> -- 
>> Ben Hitz
>> Senior Scientific Programmer ** Saccharomyces Genome Database ** GO 
>> Consortium
>> Stanford University ** hitz at genome.stanford.edu
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